Home Agent and MSP Relocation in operational Mobile IPv6 networks

Author

Fristche, Wolfgang ; Monaca, Michele L. ; Guardini, Ivano ; Demaria, Elena

fYear

2007

fDate

1-5 July 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

In the deployment of Mobile IPv6 (MIPv6) in a large mobile operator network, several Home Agents (HAs) may be present and the selection of the "optimal" HA can significantly influence the performance and scalability of the overall MIPv6 service. In this regard, in some scenarios, the efficiency of the MIPv6 service may be improved if the HA currently assigned to a MN is replaced by a more suitable one upon wide area movements of the Mobile Node. The new HA could belong to the same Mobility Service Provider (MSP) of the previous one or to a different one. This paper describes the motivations and scenarios for HA and MSP relocation, and introduces solutions to realize them.

Keywords

IP networks; mobile agents; mobile radio; MIPv6; MSP relocation; home agent; mobility service provider; operational mobile IPv6 networks; Application specific processors; Bidirectional control; Delay; IP networks; Load management; Network servers; Scalability; Switches; Web and internet services; Web server; HA Relocation; MSP Relocation; Mobile IPv6;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mobile and Wireless Communications Summit, 2007. 16th IST

Conference_Location

Budapest

Print_ISBN

963-8111-66-6

Electronic_ISBN

963-8111-66-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISTMWC.2007.4299218

Filename

4299218